Utkarsh Agnihotri

Character Artist/ Rigger/ 3D Generalist

Darmstadt, Germany

Summary

Creating realistic characters is my passion. I have gained experience in modeling, texturing, rigging, performance capture, and simulation using various tools to achieve this goal. Additionally, I have 3+ years of experience in Maya/Zbrush, 2 years of experience in Substance Painter, and 1-year experience in Performance Capture. I completed my contract of working as Junior Artist in Luxx Film, Stuttgart where my main responsibility was to create character rigs using Blender. Currently, I am looking for job opportunities as a 3D Artist and Character Rigger.

Skills

Software proficiency

Maya

Blender

ZBrush

Arnold

Substance 3D Painter

MotionBuilder

Mari

Unreal Engine

faceware

vcon blade

Reel

Productions

- Movie
  Digital Human - Pratyush Agnihotri
- Year
  2019
- Role
  FACS Blendshape sculpting/Face Rigging/Texturing/Shading/Face Capture
- Company
  Bachelor Project
- Movie
  Penny
- Year
  2019
- Role
  All aspects
- Company
  Academic Project
- Movie
  Garbage
- Year
  2018
- Role
  Character Rigger/ 3D Generalist
- Company
  Academic Project
- Movie
  Wizard Reptile
- Year
  2018
- Role
  Converting reptile concept of Alex Braun in 3D
- Company
  Personal Project
- Video Game
  VR 51
- Year
  2017
- Role
  Character Rigger/ Motion Capture
- Company
  Academic Project

Experience

Rigger at Traumhaus Studios
Erfurt, Germany
February 2021 - Present
Worked as a Maya and Blender rigger for upcoming animated feature film

Worked as a rigger for Licht An! Season 2
Junior Artist at Luxx Studio / Luxx Film
Stuttgart
August 2019 - April 2020
I worked in Luxx Film as Junior Artist and my main responsibility was to create rigs for characters as well as help with integration of Blender in new pipeline of the studio. In the pipeline, I use Blender to create character rigs for the pre-production of the animation film Tafiti. I rigged the main characters Tafiti (Meerkat) and Pinsel (Red river hog) for the teaser of the movie as well as secondary characters like snake and beetle.
Summer Internship at metricminds
Frankfurt, Germany
April 2017 - September 2017
As an intern, I was responsible for cleaning motion capture data and assisting during motion capture shoots. Additionally, I worked as a set runner during motion capture shooting as well as learned about planning the shoots and staging the animation. During my internship, I worked as a set runner for motion capture shoots of Horizon and Surge. Additionally, I also cleaned motion capture data of Limbic mars project, STC project resonance, and Screenday.